Michael Halford Explained

Michael Halford
Birth Date:28 October 1914
Death Date:4 January 1999 (aged 84)
Allegiance:United Kingdom
Branch:British Army
Serviceyears:1934–1967
Servicenumber:62867
Rank:Major-General
Unit:York and Lancaster Regiment
Commands:Hallamshire Battalion
147th Infantry Brigade
43rd (Wessex) Division/District
Battles:Second World War
Awards:Distinguished Service Order
Officer of the Order of the British Empire

Major-General Michael Charles Kirkpatrick Halford, (28 October 1914 – 4 January 1999) was a British Army officer.

Military career

Halford was commissioned into the York and Lancaster Regiment on 30 August 1934. He served as commanding officer of the Hallamshire Battalion of the York and Lancaster Regiment[1] during the Italian campaign of the Second World War for which he was appointed a Member of the Order of the British Empire and a Companion of the Distinguished Service Order.

After the war, he became commander of 147th Infantry Brigade in July 1960, chief of staff at Western Command in July 1963 and General Officer Commanding 43rd (Wessex) Division/District in December 1964 before retiring in February 1967.[2]

He was advanced to Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1957 Birthday Honours and served as honorary colonel of the York and Lancaster Regiment from 1966 to 1979.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Tonder, Gerry van . Sheffield's Military Legacy. Pen and Sword. 2017. 978-1526707628.
  2. Web site: Army Commands. 4 June 2020.
  3. Web site: York and Lancaster Regiment . Regiments.org . 17 March 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20060108220731/http://www.regiments.org/regiments/uk/inf/065YL.htm . 8 January 2006 .